French "First Lady" in Hospital After Learning About Boyfriend President's Affair
French president also reported to have been meeting his mistress in an apartment linked to the Corsican mob
François Hollande lurched deeper into crisis on Sunday as it emerged that France's First Lady was being treated in hospital after learning of the president's alleged love affair and a report linked the apartment he used for his romantic rendezvous to Corsican mobsters.
Valérie Trierweiler was admitted to a Paris clinic on Friday suffering from stress shortly after learning of allegations that Mr Hollande had spent nights in a flat near the Elysée Palace with an actress.
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